Strategies for Successful Aging: A Research Update

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Harmell, Alexandrea L ^a   Jeste, Dilip ^a,b   Depp, Colin ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California San Diego School of Medicine   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Geriatric psychiatry; Health behaviors; Interventions; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905877744     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-014-0476-6     Document Type: Review

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